WHAT IS A TRUCKING SERVICE? A company that ships goods or possessions by truck. shipping company – a company that provides shipping services. Trucking industry – an industry that provides transportation for commercial products. A trucking service is a carrier—that is, someone to drive your freight from point A to point …

Trucking costs per mile add up to a carrier’s operational costs. These numbers help carriers figure out the best per mile rate to charge their shippers. There are a lot of factors to consider when talking about trucking cost per mile. This includes fixed costs, variable costs, and salaries/wages per …

Trucking costs per mile add up to a carrier’s operational costs. These numbers help carriers figure out the best per mile rate to charge their shippers. There are a lot of factors to consider when talking about trucking cost per mile. This includes fixed costs, variable costs, and salaries/wages per …

Packaging Requirements Your pallet(s) must match the International shipping standards of all the others in the container and the ship in total. That means secure wrapping and clear labelling to the standards of the receiving country: some need dedicated ‘export wrapping’ services. Be aware that some countries require fumigated, heat …

Transit Time and Uncommon Routes Generally speaking, LCL takes no longer in terms of transit time than FCL and can be less due to the need for FCL shippers to organise the filling of their dedicated container. (Part-Container Groupage freight can also suffer the same problems). An LCL customer may, …

What is the Process? Put simply, you contact a freight forwarding specialist and they will do the rest. They will need to know the measurements and weight of your shipment and will want a copy of your commercial invoice so that they can create the documents they are responsible …

How is LCL Shipping Priced? Whereas airfreight is very weight-focused, ships are able to handle almost any load. Thus the most important cost factor is how much volume they can accommodate. This means that LCL rates are based on a system that takes package measurements into account and converts then …

How LCL shipping works Ocean freight has been transformed since the 1950s by the introduction of standardised, stackable shipping containers. 90% of non-bulk cargos are containerised and so, to optimise the filling of them, groupage has arisen – a ‘groupage’ definition is the amalgamation of loads into one bigger more cost-effective …

LCL Shipping – Groupage Shipping LCL shipping, for the texting generation’s benefit, is not to be confused with LOL. The proper LCL definition is a shipment ‘Less than Container Load’, and it means in practice that your freight forwarder is going to be earning his money by getting you the …

Loading Time and Renting Options for FCL If you opt for a Live Load, the container is brought to you and you have 2 or 3 hours to load and secure the consignment before an hourly surcharge kicks in. Less stressful is the Drop and Pack service where the container …